English Buildings

Reuse, recycle, repurpose I’ve thought since my schooldays (learning about the history of the Anglo-Saxon period and the beginnings of Chris...

  Local colour Monuments like this – a large 17th-century altar tomb commemorating four members of the same family – make me smile. I find t...

Well schooled The industrialist Titus Salt planned his workers’ village with public buildings that were both visually impressive and well de...

Packing a punch Among the merchants’ buildings of Bradford’s Little Germany, the Thornton, Homan warehouse in my previous post stands out a...

Palace of commerce Architecturally one of the most rewarding areas of Bradford is the enclave in the city centre known as ‘Little Germany’. ...

  Street-facing When you turn into the Oxfordshire town of Burford from the A40, you descend the High Street, the first part of which is cal...

  Industrial Gothic Thomas Rickman (1776–1841) is best known today as the author of a book with the lengthy title of An Attempt to Discrimin...